Shoe-pressing machine



Nov. 6, 1928.

' A. E. HEADLEY SHOE PRESSINGIMACHINE Filed April 14, 1925 WWE/WURPatented Nov. 6, 1928.

j UNITED? STATES resale? PATENT oFFlc ARTHUR EDWARD HEADLEY, ELEIcEsTER, ENGLAND, AssICfNoR To'nNrrEn SHOE MACHINERY CoRroRATIoN, 0EPArEEsoiv, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION oFNEw sHoE-PREssING MACHINE.

- Application tiled April 14, 1925. Serial No ing problem, referencewill be made hereinafter particularly to the last, but it will beunderstood that the supported last has a shoe `on it and that thesupporting means may, as herein illustrated, support the last through @5Contact with the'shoe upper on it.

Shoes have been leveled, in the past, in several Ways. `Telt shoes havebeen leveled on Wooden lasts in rolling pressure machines of severaltypes; While-McKay shoes, prior "0 to the inventions described inLetters Patent No. 1,563,576, granted on December 1, 1925, upon anapplication of F. B. Keall and W. T. Minett, and No. 1,615,869, grantedon FebruaryV 1, 1927, upon an application of B. P.

Coo er have been leveled oniron lasts in socalled direct pressuremachines. The inventions claimed inthe last-mentioned patents haveenabled both Weltr shoes and McKay shoes to be leveled on their Woodenlasts by the use of direct pressure: machines through the provision of aso-called `cradle support,

thus providingdistinct improvement-s in the `leveling of Welt shoes and.at the same time providing for better leveling of McKay shoes separatemachiney equipment for leveling Welt or McKay shoes.

When the Wooden lasts 'are of the movable heel part type, or morespecifically of the hinge type, difficulty may arise with both types ofleveling machinesin that the bonding mechanism between the heel and foreparts of the last may be too Weak to take the pressure of the levelingtool, so that the last is distorted or broken and the shoe on it is ineither event damaged. Itis a principal object of the present inventionto prevent such damage, and to this end a feature of the inventionconsists in an improved shoe-pressing or leveling machine organizationin which a shoey and its last are Y last.

.for changes in the distance; between the shoe en` as Well as avoidingthe necessity of having 23,040, and inGreat Britain Apri1`22, 1924.y

supported fort-hepressing or leveling operal y tion by means-comprisingan intermediate support tor the last located, in the construction shown,in the .neighborhood of the joint.

the types discussed above. In the embodiment shown, the supportingmechanism comprises separateymem'bers in angular relation to each otherfor supporting the lateral faces of the last on both sides throughcontact, as herein illustrated, Vwith a `shoe Another feature of theinvention consists forV adjustment of the supporting meansto conform todifferent shapes or sizes of lasts.

In the disclosed machine there is provision adjustments Which permitdesired gaging members, a pivotal mounting construction Whichenablesthese members to be angularly placed in the best position tosupport the particular last in the machine, and also provision foradjusting the intermediate supporting means as a whole laterally'andlongitudinally of the last.

` These and other features of the invention comprising' certain novelcombinations and arrangements of parts will be yunderstood vfrom thefollowing description of a preferred embodiment thereof selected forpurposes of illustration and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, inwhich,

AFig. 1 illust-rates in side elevation those parts of a leve-lingmachine of the direct pressure type which are essential to anunderstanding of the invention, an-d Fig. 2 is an end elevation, partlyin crossy section on the line 2 2 (Fig. 1), of the same parts.

As already stated, the. illustrated machine is of the typeshown intheJerr'am and Gouldbourn patent referredto, to which reference may be hadfor more detailed description of the construction, arrangement yandoperation of parts not fully described herein.

The power-operated levelingform52 is shown herein only diagrammatically;Its

upper lon the 65 construction and operation on the shoe will beunderstood from the patents mentioned. For purposes of this invention abracket 1 is slidingly mounted between forepart and heel end supports 2and 3 on a. dove-tailed way el which also carries the heel end support.The tfnepart support 2 carries a. forepart cradle member 2* formedsulistantially to fit the forepa-rt of a last from the toe to the instepand is adjustable along a dove-tailed way 2:2: to accommodate diliierentlengths oi" shoes similarly to the heel end support 3, as described inthe Cooper patent above reterred to. The slice B on its last C is shownsupported on these supports as described in said patent. The bracket 1is mounted independently upon the way 4 and may be adjusted along theway lengthwise ol the shoe according to the size of the Litter withoutregard to the position ot the heel end support 3 or that of the forepartsupport 2. The bracket 1 has an upwardly extending arm 5 at each side ofthe shoe. The arms 5 support shoe engaging members T, which arepreferably faced with felt or other material as shown, to prevent damageto the shoe when the last is pressed between them. The mem bers 7 areinclined upwardly away 'from each other so as to form a V-shaped openingto receive that portion of the last where the last hinge is located, incorrespondence with which they may be longitudinally positioned by meansof the sliding relation of the bracket 1 to the way 4r.

Each ot the arms 5 is threaded for two transverse screws 9 and 10. Thescrews 9 extend upwardly and inwardly through the arms 5 and Contact attheir inner ends with the central port-ions of the members 7. The screws10 extend horizontally through the arms 5 and have short reducedportions at their inner ends extending through considerably larger holesin the lower ends of the members 7, which are prevented from losingcontact with the screws by pins 11.

Thus an adjustment of all the tour screws in the same general directionwill move both the engaging members 7 bodily in the same directionlaterally of the shoe: by moving the screws on the left and the right.(Fig. 2) in opposite directions the members T can be brought closertogether or farther apart: and by moving the screws 9 and 1() ot thesame side in opposite directions or by moving either screw alone the.correspoiuling member 7 can be tilted laterally ot the shoe. lt, forexample, the screw 10 connected to the lower end of the member T isadjusted, the member 7 will be tipped about an axis extending lengthwiseof the shoe through its point ot contact with the screw 9; while if thescrew 9 is adjusted, the member will be tipped about a similar axislocated at its connection with the screw 10. lt will be readilyunderstood that an adjustment of the members 7 toward or away from eachother will enable them to reach the last properly whatever its elevationabove the way il maybe, due to its support on the forepart and heel endsupports il and 3. The members T are provided with flanges l2 and 13which extend like the arms of a U about the arms` and the screw-ends l).As these members rest on the ends ot the screws l) they are thus enabledto turn about axes extending heightwise ol' the shoe (in View also olthe nature of their support on the inner ends ot the screws 11) toadjust themselves to the contour of the last. 'lille intermediate lastsupporting mechanism is thus adju.-,table a whole lengthwise andlaterally ot a shoe supported by the supports 2 and 3, and its members7, in addition to beingr bodily movable toward or from each other, have,in effect, a universal joint adjustment about the ends of the screws 9as well as an :uljustment about the ends of the screws 10.

A metal band 50, preferably felt lined, is secured to the base of theheel end support and extends around the heel end of the shoe upper toprevent rearward displacement of the shoe during the leveling operation,as disclosed in the Cooper patent reterred to.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letten1 Patent ot the United States is:

1. ln a shoe pressing machine, a pressing memberT means for supporting alast and shoe at its iorepart and at its heel end, and means forengaging the shoe between its heel and fore parts to support it underthe pressure ot the pressing member, said last-inlined means comjnisingshoe-engaging members movable relatively to each other to lit the contour of the engaged portion of the shoe.

In a shoe pressing machine, a j'zressing member, a last heel support, alas! tore-parl support, and means for supporting the last additionallybetween these two supports, said additional supporting means comprisingmembers spaced apart for engaging only the side faces of the shoe.

3. In a shoe pressing machine, a pressing; member. a last heel support alast torepart support, and additional means for supporting a jointedlast between said supports sub stantially atthe joint between its heelaud fore parts.

el. In a shoe pressing machine, av pressing member, a last heel support,a last foreparl support, and additional means for support ing a jointedlast between said supprn'ts sub stantially at the joint between its heeland fore parts, said additional means being adjustable longitudinally otthe last.

In a shoe pref-sing` machine, a pressing means. a last heel support, alast toreparl support. and additional means 'tor supporting a jointedlast between said supports substantially at the joint between its heeland tore parts, said additional means being ad Inu justableindependently of either of said supa forepart support, a heel endsupport and additional supporting means between these two arranged tosupport-the last in a location substantially under the hinge.

7. In a shoe sole leveling machine, pressing` means, and means forsupporting a. jointed last for the presentation of a shoe thereon tot-he pressing means comprising a last heel support, a last forepartsupport, and additional means for supporting the last between saidsupports substantially at the joint between its heel and fore parts,said additional means being adjustable laterally of the last.

8. In a shoe pressing machine, a pressing tool, a last heel support, alast orepart support, and additionalmeans for supporting a jointed lastvbetween' said supports substanti ally at the joint between its heel andfore parts, said additional means being adjustable to effect. operativecontact with a Vshoe on the last irrespective of its vertical positionon said supports.V Y

9. In a shoe pressing machine, a poweroperated pressing means, a lastheel support, a last loiepart support, and additionalmeans forsupporting vthe last between said supports, said additional means havinga plurality of shoe engaging portions relatively movable to conform tothe contour of the last being supported, irrespective of size or style.

10. In a shoe pressing machine, a poweroperated pressingmeans, a lastheel support, a last forepart support, and additional means forsupportingl the last between said supports, said additional means havinga pluralitj7 of shoe engagingr portions which are rotatable relativelytoeachother toeoni'orm to the contour of the rlast 'being supported,irrespective of sise or style. A

l1. In a shoe pressingmachine, a pressing form, a last heel support, alast forepart support, and additional means for supporting the lastbetween said supports, said additional means having a plurality of shoeengaging portions which are yrotatable each about an extendinglongitudinally oi' the last to conform to the contour of the last beingsupported, irrespective' of size or style.

12. In a shoe pressing machine, a pressing member, a last heel support,a last forepart support, and additional means for supporting the lastbetween said supports, said additional means having a plurality of shoeengaging port-ions which are rotatable each independently about an axisextendingr heightwise of the last to conform to the contour of the lastbeing supported, irrespective of size or style. lj 13. In a shoeleveling machine, a leveling tional n ce means, a last heel support, acradle substantially littmg the lastl forepart fromv the toe to theinstep, and an auxiliary last supportingmeans arrangedto supportthe lastbetween the heel support and the cradle.

ist. In shoe pressing machine, a pressing member, a last heel support, alast ltorepi t support, and additional means lor supporting a hinge lastbetween said supports in a location substantially under the hingebetween itshee1 -d foreparts, Asaid additional means comprising an armand a last supporting member pivotallf, mounted on the arm.

l5. Ina shoe pressingv machine, a pressing tool, a last heel support, alast forepart support, and additional 1nean..i'or supporting the lastbetween said supports, said additional means comprising an arm and alast supporting member pivotalljT mounted on the armfor movement aboutan airis extending heightwise of .the shoe. ,A f

16. In a shoe pressing machine, a pressing tool, a last heel support, alast orepart support, and additional means supporting vthe last betweensaid supports, said addins comprising an arm and a last supportingmember mounted ou the arm andY universallj,y movable about-a point oi? ssupport on the arm.

li'. fr direct pressure leveling. comprisinol a form-shaped .levelingmember, a cradle rorepart support having substantially the contour of`the last lorepart upon which a shoe is to be leveled, a last heelsupport, and additional means for supporting a jointed between thecradle and the heel end support substantially at the joint between itsheel and l'ore parts a inst the pressure of the leveling member.

ISL direct pressureV leveling con'i'prising a term-shaped leveling acradle iorepart support ha ing tially the contour of the last which ashoe is to be leveled, a last heel support, and additional means Yforsupporting the last between the cradle and the heel end support againstthe pressure oi' the leveling member, said additional nieans being`adjustable lateralljv of the last. 4

` i9. A direct pressure leveling machine comprising `a 'form-shapedleveling `mcmbeig a cradle forepart support having substantially thecontour of the last iorepart upon which a shoe is to be leveled, a lastheel support, Vadditional means for supporting` the last between thecradle and the heel end support against the pressure of the levelingmember, and a support for said additional machine machine member,substan- `means comprising a guideway on which said means is mounted forrectilinear sliding movement to adjust it longitudinally ci' the lastrelatively to the cradle and the heel end support. Y

20. In-a shoe-pressing machine, the combi-- nation with means i'orapplving pressure to irepart upon lit) the bottom ot a shoe on a last,ol a support for the forepart of the last, a support for the heel end ofthe last, and additional means for supporting the last between saidforepart and heel end supports comprising members arranged to provide asubstantially V-shaped opening between them to receive the last, saidmembers` being relatively adjustable bodily to vary the distance betweenthem.

2l. In a shoe-pressingl machine, the combination with means for applyingpressure to the bottom of a shoe on a last. ot a support for the orepartof the last7 a support ior thev heel end of the last, and additionalmeans for supporting the last between said torepart and heel endsupports comprising memw bers arranged to provide a substantially V-shaped opening between them to receive the last. said members bein;rrelatively movable to vary their angular relation to each other.

QQ. In a shoe-pressing machine, the combination with means for applyinglpressure to the bottom of a shoe on a. last, ot a support tor theorepart ot the last. a support tor the heel end of the last. andadditional means for supporting the last between said torepart and heelend supports comprising members arranged to engage respectively theopposite sides of the shoe, said members being movable both in the samedirection laterally ot the. shoe and also relativel)T movable laterallyot the shoe to conform to different shoes.

23. In a Shoe-pressing machine. the combination with means for applyingrpressure to the bottom of a shoe on a last, ot a support for theforepart of the last, a support for the heel end of the last, additionalmeans for supportingT the last between said forepart and heel endsupports comprising members arranged to engage respectively the oppositesides ot the shoe, and means associated with each ol said members toradjusting it independently of the other in directions laterally ot theshoe.

Q4. In a. shoe-pressing machine, the combination with means for applyingpressure to the bottom of a shoe on a. last, of a support tor thetorepart of the last. a support for the heel end ot the last, andadditional means for supportingT the last between said forepart and heelend supports comprising members arranged to engage respectively theopposite sides ot the shoe, each of said members being indepemlentljvvadjustable about either ol two axes extending lengthwise ol the shoe atdit ferent. distances trom the bottom of the shoe.

In a shoe-pressing machine the combination with means for applyingpresfure to the bottom of a shoe on a last. o i a mpport for thetorepart of the last. a support i'or the heel end olE the last,additional means or support-ing' the last between said lorepart and heelend supports comprising members arranged to engage respectiveh.v theopposite sides ol the shoe. adjusting meaiis ronneeted to said membersat one end of the latter for swinging them each about an axis betweenits ends and extending lengthwiw of the shoe. and additional means forswinging' said me. bers about their connections to said adjusA means.

9.5. In a` shoe-pressing machine. the combination with means forapplying' pressm'e to the bottom ot a shoe on a last. ot a support torthe forepart ol the last. a support l`or the heel end of the last..additifinnl means for sup porting the last between said 'torepart and.heel end supports comprisinf members arranged to provide a substantiallyV'shape-l opening between them to receive the shoe. aid members beingswiveled to permit thi-1n to adjust themselves each imlejwndentlj; tothe contour et' the shoe about. a anis extendhn.r heightivise oftheshoe, and means Vtor adjust ably tipping' each ot said member.:independentl).T ot the other laterallyv ot the shoe.

27. In a shoe-pressingr machine. the eombination with means 'forappljvinpr pressure to the bottom ot a shoe on a lest. o a .support forthe forepart of the last. a support l'or the heel end of the last,additional means tor supporting the last between said torepart and heelend supports comprising members arranged to engage respectively theopposite sides of the shoe. said members beingT .swi veled to permitthem to adjust themselves eaeh independently to the contour olr the,shoe about an axis extending,r heightwise of the shoe. and means l'oreffectingr an additional adjustment of eaeh member about either ot twoaxes tending.;` lengthwise of the shoe.

In testimony7 whereof I have sienwl mr name to this specification.

ARTHUR. ICDIVARD HEADIC Y.

